Day 1: March 2, 2022 Read Matthew 26:6-13. We start the Lent devotional with someone who truly got it. Mary, the sister of Martha and... Read More
Day 2: March 3, 2022 Read Matthew 26:14-16. In complete contrast to Mary from yesterday’s devotional, stands Judas. One of them is known for her... Read More
Day 3: March 4, 2022 Read Matthew 26:17-19. Jesus’ disciples prepared for the Passover meal. As we read these verses, let’s look at three simple... Read More
Day 4: March 5, 2022 Read Matthew 26:20-25. I can picture the scene. In fact, most of us can see it vividly as the Last... Read More
Day 5: March 7, 2022 Read Matthew 26:26-30. Growing up in a formal church setting, the communion liturgy included the verses we just read. On... Read More
Day 6: March 8, 2022 Read Matthew 26:31-33. Good Ol’ Peter. He was such a loyal friend. He was so full of enthusiasm and zest... Read More
Day 7: March 9, 2022 Read Matthew 26:36-38. The scene in today’s reading shifts from the Upper Room to the Garden of Gethsemane. The mood... Read More
Day 8: March 10, 2022 Read Matthew 26:39. Today’s reading is just one verse. Yet, those few words are heavy with emotion. We see Jesus... Read More
Day 9: March 11, 2022 Read Matthew 26:40-41. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” This was the question Jesus poses to... Read More
Day 10: March 12, 2022 Read Matthew 26:42-44. Three times. The same prayer. Jesus of course knew that each time his Father had heard him.... Read More
Day 11: March 14, 2022 Read Matthew 26:45-50. It was the greatest betrayal – a sinless man being handed over to a death sentence by... Read More
Day 12: March 15, 2022 Read Matthew 26:50-56. The stillness of the night was broken. The peace that swept over the Garden of Gethsemane was... Read More
Day 13: March 16, 2022 Read Matthew 26:56. In one fell swoop, the disciples all vanished. They fled for their lives. Looking back from a... Read More
Day 14: March 17, 2022 Read Matthew 26:57-67. Within a span of a few hours, Jesus experienced the pain and injustice that no one should... Read More
Day 15: March 18, 2022 Read Matthew 26:59-75. Today, we read the familiar story of Peter’s denial. Each time he is asked whether he knew... Read More
Day 16: March 19, 2022 Read Matthew 27:1-5. Devotional What a dark passage. The verdict is delivered. Jesus is bound and taken away. And, all... Read More
Day 17: March 21, 2022 Read Matthew 27:6-10. I’ve always read the section about the chief priests buying the potter’s field in passing. Recently, though,... Read More
Day 18: March 22, 2022 Read Matthew 27:11-14. The One who is our Defender did not defend himself. The One who is our Intercessor did... Read More
Day 19: March 23, 2022 Read Matthew 27:19-24. The scene of Pilate washing his hands in front of the crowd is etched in our cultural... Read More
Day 20: March 24, 2022 Read Matthew 27:27-31. Sometimes, we just need to stop awhile and let the hard truth sink in. Today’s passage doesn’t... Read More
Day 21: March 25, 2022 Read Matthew 27:32. He is mentioned only in passing. And yet he is mentioned by name in the Bible: Simon... Read More
Day 22: March 26, 2022 Read Luke 23:34. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Even as the... Read More
Day 23: March 28, 2022 Read Luke 23:43. Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” The thief... Read More
Day 24: March 29, 2022 Read John 19:26-27. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to... Read More
Day 25: March 30, 2022 Read Matthew 27:46. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means... Read More
Day 26: March 31, 2022 Read John 19:28. Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said,... Read More
Day 27: April 1, 2022 Read John 19:30. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head... Read More
Day 28: April 2, 2022 Read Luke 23:46. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he... Read More
Day 29: April 4, 2022 Read Psalms 1:2. As we wrap up the section on Jesus’ sayings from the Cross, let’s spend a few minutes... Read More
Day 30: April 5, 2022 Read Matthew 27:51 & Hebrews 10:19-20. What a dramatic moment. The curtain of the temple was torn into two. The... Read More
Day 31: April 6, 2022 Read Matthew 27:54. The magnitude of Jesus’ crucifixion was reflected in nature. Darkness covered the land, the earth shook violently,... Read More
Day 32: April 7, 2022 Read Matthew 27:57-60. Here is a rich, powerful man making his entrance into the narrative. Joseph of Arimathea was a... Read More
Day 33: April 8, 2022 Read Matthew 27:62-66. One dead man, eleven disciples who had disappeared from the scene, and a couple women who hung... Read More
Day 34: April 9, 2022 Read Matthew 28:5-6. The empty tomb. Death could not keep him down. He is risen. Our God conquered sin and death.... Read More
Day 36: April 12, 2022 Read Matthew 28:5-6. The angel greets the startled women at the empty tomb. When I dwell on the angel’s words,... Read More
Day 37: April 13, 2022 Read Matthew 28:8-10. The women couldn’t believe what they had seen. Or rather, what they had not seen. There was no body... Read More
Day 38: April 14, 2022 Read Matthew 28:11-15. The greatest cover up. That’s what the enemies of Jesus sought to do. They came up with... Read More
Day 39: April 15, 2022 Read Matthew 28:16-20. The passage we read is titled, “The Great Commission.” While that’s an appropriate header, I don’t know... Read More
Day 40: April 16, 2022 Read Matthew 28:19-20. As someone who writes for a living, I know that opening sentences and closing sentences have to... Read More
